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django-hoptoad
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django-hoptoad is some simple Middleware for letting [Django][]-driven websites report their errors to [Hoptoad][]. Now [ponies][] can ride the toad too.
[Django]: http://djangoproject.com/
[Hoptoad]: http://hoptoadapp.com/
[ponies]: http://djangopony.com/
Requirements
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django-hoptoad requires:
* [Python][] 2.5+ (preferably 2.6+ as that's what I've tested it with)
* [PyYAML][] (`pip install pyyaml` or `easy_install pyyaml`)
* [Django][] 1.0+
* A [Hoptoad][] account
[Python]: http://python.org/
[PyYAML]: http://pyyaml.org/
Installation
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Grab the the django-hoptoad code by cloning the [Mercurial][] repository (or just [download the latest version][tip-dl] and unzip it somewhere):
hg clone http://bitbucket.org/sjl/django-hoptoad/
There's a git mirror too if you *really* want it.
git clone git://github.com/sjl/django-hoptoad.git
Once you download it, you can install it in the usual manner:
cd django-hoptoad
python setup.py install
If you'd prefer to be able to update at any time by pulling down changes with Mercurial or git, you can symlink the module into your `site-packages` directory instead of using `python setup.py install`:
ln -s /full/path/to/django-hoptoad/hoptoad /full/path/to/site-packages/
To make sure it works you can run:
python -c 'import hoptoad'
[Mercurial]: http://mercurial.selenic.com/
[tip-dl]: http://bitbucket.org/sjl/django-hoptoad/get/tip.zip
Usage
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To set up a Django project to notify Hoptoad of its errors, you need to do two things in its `settings.py` file.
First, add the `HoptoadNotifierMiddleware` as the last item in the `MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES` setting:
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
# ... other middleware classes ...
'hoptoad.middleware.HoptoadNotifierMiddleware',
)
Next, you'll need to add a `HOPTOAD_API_KEY` setting. You can get the key from the Hoptoad project page.
HOPTOAD_API_KEY = 'Your Hoptoad API key.'
Documentation
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The documentation for django-hoptoad is at the [project page][project]. There's a [Quick Start guide][quickstart], [Configuration guide][config], [Troubleshooting guide][troubleshooting], and a few other things there.
The documentation is stored in the `docs/` directory of the repository if you prefer to read it offline.
[project]: http://sjl.bitbucket.org/django-hoptoad/
[quickstart]: http://sjl.bitbucket.org/django-hoptoad/quickstart/
[config]: http://sjl.bitbucket.org/django-hoptoad/config/
[troubleshooting]: http://sjl.bitbucket.org/django-hoptoad/troubleshooting/
Suggestions
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This Middleware is a work in progress. If you have a suggestion or find a bug please [add an issue][issues] and let me know.
[issues]: http://bitbucket.org/sjl/django-hoptoad/issues/?status=new&status=open